traditional tennis courts not only
inhospitable, but also dangerous.
Thus, enthusiastic energetic seniors
looking for fitness, plus pleasure,
plus shared enthusiasm for their
game are grounded for more of the
year than they are active.

There's a solution, staring them
in the face, and they'd love to
embrace it. A bubble will do the
trick — but there has to be a place

-. to put it. The club did use
. Burnaby's six-court bubble for a

couple of years, but it got too popu-

lar and, after all, Burnaby’s resident
players were entitled to first space.
The same thing will soon happen
at Hollyburn, which is adding to its
covered facility —- but that just
draws more and more eager players.
What's got the seniors most frus-
trated with the authorities — our
own recreation commission — is

vintage years .

- FEELING YOUR winter.
-pudge, now that the lovely
days are here?

‘Fancy a bit of tennis? Well, I can

groups in sharing development of
facilities through Jand leases and
capital cost sharing, yet it has never
asked for dialogue with indoor ten-
nis enthusiasts who have worked
that all out so that they won't be a
burden to the taxpayers.

This is a real irritant, since it is
assumed there will be a need for
public money. In fact, the members
expect no public subsidy for this
longed-for dry floor space that
would be available for gymnastic
use as well as tennis. They ask only
for land, which is acknowledged by
the authorities to be available.
Beyond that the entire project will
be operated on a pay-and-play

-basis,

They wish to offer only a level
of basic service at a manageable
price and are not looking at any sort
of services that would be designed

“pet you line-dancing, Tai Chi,
‘Seniors’. Shape-Up via shallow
water exercises, Carpet Bowling,
Chair Exercises — all typical offer-
ings in our wide range of Seniors
‘Cenires all across the Lower.
Mainland. 1 found only one listing |
for tennis, offered at Renfrew

Community Centre, but it's a far-cry ,

“from the real thing. They call it —
“Foamball Tennis” because you use
a short light racquet and a large |
light ball. It’s a way to have a short
ight workout, I gather. -
North Shore Senior Tennis
: Association wouldn’t give that
game a second glance. We're talk-
ing real tennis players here, playing
.any chance they get with real equip-
ment. They play at Murdo Fraser
~and they play at West Vancouver. '
“and in Bumaby and on Hollyburn
and they play at Delbrook, too...
They'll take any titnes they can get
seven o ‘clock in the morning, ; -
midday, afternoons. , Anywhere any-
time when it isn’t raining:
And that’s the mub.-It rains a lot
here on the North Shore (You'll
have noticed that, P'll bet, even if.

“you aren't a tennis player), It rains ee

for months, actually, and. renders. .

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4 states clearly that it approves mak-
- ‘ing partnerships with community

to maintain a fancy clientele. It also

_irks that local golfers have had land
handed over for the Northlands’
course, plus some eight and a half
million dollars for its development.
Also, the Wave Pool took between
six and eight millions to build.

The projected Tennis Bubble
runs all the way up to half of one
million doilars, Local seniors have
done their homework and have

that the latter seems to speak with
forked tongue. Official word from
them announces that only 1,484 peo-
ple were sufficiently interested to
respond to a questionnaire about
covered courts. They had sent out
all of 2,500. There's a population of
70,000 involved here. Why, the tiny
sample? :

As well, the district's
Community Development Model

See Bubble page 28

| What's happening i in our District

. Delbrook Neighbourhood Zoning Initiative. |

» Staff and a working group of Delbrook residents :
“have drafted proposed new zoning regulations |
° for the single-family properties in the study area
__ Gee map). An Open House will be heid on:

_ Wednesday, May 17th

from 1:00 pam. to 4:00 pam. |
- at the District Municipal Hall
385 West Queens, Nerth Vanco uver

. AND.

+ from 6:00 p.m. to 9:09 p.m. * wi
at the Oak Room, Delbrook Recreation Centre
- 600 West ‘Queens Road, North Vancouver

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Tf you live in the study area, bring the zoning .
; brochure we sent you in the mail to fill out at the
::Open: House:. If you:do-not, but would like to. ::
examine the proposed new zoning regulations, '

Please drop by.

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